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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Carolyn Skinner. Show more

Laura Simpson argues that online meetings have been good for business. Show more

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Emily Knight explores the radical history of back-to-the-land pacifist communes in Essex. Show more

Veg growers warn the sector is under pressure, as labour shortages, drought and rising costs continue. Plus a folk song for 'hidden' migrant seasonal workers. Show more

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Actor and Fisherman's Friend James Purefoy, novelist Lesley Pearse, artists The Singh Twins and Adeline Vining, who discovered her grandmother's vintage Dior dress in the attic. Show more

Jay Rayner and his panel of food experts take a trip to Oxford. Show more

Why does Scotland have the worst record in Europe on drug deaths? Show more

Kenyans head to the polls to elect a new president, plus politics in the Philippines, Poland's strict abortion laws and a women-only shopping mall providing opportunities in Yemen. Show more

Two women compare coping with two cost of living crises, 30 years apart. Moet is facing challenges today while Carry had to cope with the 1991 recession. Show more

Miles Jupp stars as Henry Tobin, Britain’s shortest serving and least successful former Prime Minister. Show more

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Ben Wright presents political debate and discussion from Wakefield Cathedral with a panel that includes Lord Adebowale, Robert Jenrick MP, Charlotte Pickles and Catherine West MP. Show more

Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions?

Can British farmers transform themselves into carbon-cutting heroes. Tom Heap meets arable farmer Duncan Farrington, who has turned his farm into a carbon dioxide absorbing marvel. Show more

A tender and tense psychological thriller about love, loss and the mirror-verse by award-winning dramatist Oliver Emanuel. Show more

Lioness legend Kelly Smith, who played against Germany in the 2009 Women's Euro final, and Dame Heather Rabbatts, the first woman to sit on the FA board, on the legacy of the 2022 competition. Show more

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Adam Fleming explores the life and career of Boris Johnson with people who have known, watched and worked with him. Episode five explores his time as mayor of London. Show more

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Doctors withdraw Archie Battersbee's life support, ending a legal battle over his welfare

Clive Anderson and Scottee are joined by Louise Welsh, Sikisa, Movin' Melvin Brown & Victoria Melody for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from AiiTee. Show more

In the late 1960s, the widowed US First Lady began a romance with the Greek shipping tycoon. Greek journalist Nico Mastorakis broke the story by disguising himself as a musician Show more

Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Sara Pascoe and number experts Prof Hannah Fry, Matt Parker and Prof David Spiegelhalter as they learn what it takes to be good at maths. Show more

Trawling through the archive and with a select panel of guests, Steve Punt asks if it’s time to stop rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic and rehabilitate the humble cliché Show more

It is the 1970s, and Brian Oldman is still in jail - desperate to get out. Joseph Oldman (Toby Jones) is pulling every corrupt string possible to help him. Show more

After Pru’s confession, Harry hits the highway once again, heading to Florida to wait for his family to pursue him there. But it’s too late for forgiveness - or is it? Show more

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Amol Rajan is joined by academics, thinkers and politicians to discuss what the war in Ukraine might mean for the new world order. Show more

Russell Davies returns with a new run of the prestigious general knowledge quiz, to discover who will be named Brain of Britain 2022. Show more

Writer and actor Catherine Harvey visits Liverpool to soak up the poetry and dialect found on Merseyside. Show more

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Neil MacGregor reflects on how we come to understand images, with a focus on the rock art of the San people in southern Africa, and a Japanese shrine to the Shinto divinity Inari. Show more

New stories from recent winners of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Agamemnon’s Earthen Ships by 2019 prizewinner Constantia Soteriou from Cyprus, read by Mia Soteriou. Show more

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